Ring for saddle-girths



(No Model.)

. G. W. MOORES.

RING FOR SADDLE GIR'I'HS.

No. 310,144. Patented Dec. 30, 1884.

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WITNESSES ATTY S- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WV. MOORES, OF NEXV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

RING FOR SADDLE-GIRTHS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,144, dated December 30, 1884.

Application filed October 16, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MoonEs, of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful Self-Fastening Girth-Ring; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention is a metal ring of special construction adapted to be secured to the saddlestrap on each side of the saddle for the purpose of holding the end of the girth in such manner that the same may be readily unfastened or adjusted in length when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents atransverse sectional view of a saddle having my improved girth-ring applied thereto, with the girth in place; Fig. 2, a side view of a saddle with the improved girth-ring attached to the ordinary tiestrap of the saddle; Fig. 3, an enlarged view of the saddle-strap, girth-ring, and girth; Fig. 4, a vertical section of the girth-ring alone; Fig. 5, a front view of the same; and Fig. 6 a vertical sectional view of the girth-ring and girth.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct my improved ring and to use the same properly, I will proceed to describe fully the construction of the same and the manner of its application.

A represents the ring or D, consisting of the straight or curved upper portion, at, Fig.

5, having the parallel side bars united below by the transverse bars a a (L as shown.

a to represent teeth on the lower side of the upper bar, a, as shown.

The middle bar, 61?, it will be observed in I Fig. 4, is cut away upon one side to form the bearing-edges a a, as shown. The lower bar, (5, it will be observed, is made regular in outline; but the supporting side bars at thelower bar upon one side of the vertical plane of the ring,'as shown in Fig. 4.

The manner of using the ring is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 6.

The ring or D itself, by means of its straight or curved upper portion, a, is attached to the ordinary tie-strap of the saddle, as shown in Fig. 2. The end of the girth is then inserted in the ring, as shown in Fig. 6, upon each side of the saddle and adjusted as desired.

The end of the girth upon either side of the saddle may be readily inserted or removed when desired, or may be adjusted in length.

This ring may be made of any proper metal; but malleable iron is preferred. If desired, the upper bar, a, may be made straight instead of curved.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The girth-ring described, having the upper bar, a, with parallel side bars, united by transverse bars a a a, the bar a being provided with teeth a, and the bar a being cut away upon one side to form the bearing-edges a a, as and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 7th day of July, A. D. 1884.

GEO. \V. MOORES.

Witnesses:

ANDREW HERO, Jr., A. J. FERRAN.

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